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Yesterday May 22 just S of East Point, N. Grand Pre, just after high tide, I saw a flock of 10 Black-bellied Plovers and 2 Ruddy Turnstones in full breeding plumage. The Turnstones stayed very close together but were also in direct association with the Plovers. All were feeding on the barely exposed mud. Today, about 20 minutes before high tide there was a flock of 24 Black-bellied Plovers and 1 Ruddy Turnstone in about the same location. They were on a small grassed point fully exposed to a strong N wind & spray. They left & flew S. I walked the dyke S to Horton Landing and found this identical flock on a line of rocks that comes off a very rocky boat launch, just N of Horton Landing. I was able to count the Plovers exactly & photograph the Turnstone in breeding plumage. By the time I got back to East Point aka The Guzzle, this identical flock was feeding on the recently exposed mud flats precisely at the point of East Point. A pretty decent Turnstone photo: http://rickwhitman.smugmug.com/Nature/Birds-April-June-2012/22243788_LGxpGV#!i=1864329957&k=MfJM4gL Two photos prior to the Turnstone is a somewhat ratty looking Bobolink that National Geographic 3rd Ed. paints as "early spring male". This bird has been right at East Point for the past 3 days on the field side of the dyke, in the general area of where everyone parks. I don't know if it will hold there as it was joined today by a good looking male & they were singing face to face. You can see and/or hear 5 Bobolinks between East Point & Horton Landing today. Rick Whitman
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